Director
Recognizable among a thousand, Commissioner Maigret is creating this winter's cinematic event. After Jean Gabin or Bruno Crémer, it is Gérard Depardieu who embodies the iconic character of George Simenon, inspired by a real police officer. Vidocq, Borniche, Bertillon, the great cops are an inexhaustible source of creation for artists. Delon and Belmondo have built their careers on the figure of the cop. However, his image is blurred by police violence and desacralized by the protest song.
Editor
Ingrid Falaise reveals the touching story of five women who fight for their integrity and their lives in order to change the course of their story as well as that of other women living in similar situations. These women want to change a failing system and their struggle goes beyond their personal quest.
Editor
Champions is a documentary in which filmmaker Helgi Piccinin follows the quests of his autistic brother Stéphane and his atypical friend Audrey. Born with an intellectual difference, Stéphane and Audrey want to prove to the world that they too can win medals. For three intense years marked by training and competitions, we follow them until the end of their ambitious dream, that of competing at the Special Olympics World Games in Dubai. Intertwining both sports odyssey and human portrait, this feel-good documentary offers an immersion into a fascinating world where athletes with an intellectual difference are at the forefront.
Sound
Fleeing the Quebec winter and her professional and romantic disappointments, the young filmmaker Sophie Bédard Marcotte embarks with her director of photography on a road-movie across the United States, which should lead them all the way to Los Angeles to meet the artist and filmmaker Miranda July. Obviously, nothing will happen as planned.
Director
How do you leave your country when you have to? How do you pack your bags? What do you miss the most? Those questions were asked to Ziad Alasmar, a young Syrian refugee, in front of projections of films from his country.
Assistant Sound Editor
The painful awakening of a couple after an evening of fantasies ...
